The first recipients of the Netflix Indigenous Scholarship Fund have been announced, with a trio of First Nations students to be supported in their screen studies at AFTRS.
Two narrative projects and two documentaries will share in $70,000 of production funding via AFTRS National Talent Camp.
AFTRS has selected the 12 screen creatives to participate in this year's National Talent Camp skills development program, following week-long workshops in South Australia, Queensland, Victoria, NSW, and Tasmania.
First Nations screen creatives in South Australia and the Northern Territory will have the opportunity to learn new skills in immersive storytelling as part of a new workshop launched under the Centralised cross-state initiative.
AFTRS will welcome aspiring screen content creators across a broader range of disciplines for its annual Talent Camp this year as it sets about building screen skills across industry sectors.
Academic, cultural activist and spokesperson for environmental social justice and human rights issues, Aunty Rhonda Dixon, will be the new Elder in Residence at the Australian Film Television and Radio School (AFTRS).
Netflix will invest more than $500,000 across two years into training initiatives designed to support First Nations communities and storytellers.
Three emerging screenwriters from across Australia have been awarded production funding of $25,000 each via the AFTRS National Talent Camp skills development program.